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ˈtoxifer Zool.
[ad. mod.L. Toxifera (Gray), f. Gr. τόξα arrows (or τόξευµα arrow, dart) + L. -fer bearing.]
A mollusc of the sub-order Toxifera. (Cf. toxoglossate.)
1853J. E. Gray in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. ii. XII. 177 The subulate barbed teeth are implanted by a distinct root into the substance of the tube... The structure and organization of the mouth are so unlike that of the other Proboscidifera and Rostrifera, where the teeth are placed on a lingual ribbon and used to rasp the food..that I am inclined to form the Cones into a third sub-order, which may be called Toxifera. 1861P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1860, 193 So far as known, the teeth and proboscis are like those of other Toxifers. 1863― in Proc. Zool. Soc. 23 June 347 Species belonging to different families of Proboscidifers and Toxifers. |